spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-limit.md
Huaxin Gao 75da05038b [MINOR][SQL][DOCS] Remove two leading spaces from sql tables
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?
Remove two leading spaces from sql tables.

### Why are the changes needed?

Follow the format of other references such as https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/constructs/join.html, https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_10002.htm, https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/sql-select.html.

### Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?

before
```
SELECT * FROM  test;
  +-+
  ...
  +-+
```
after
```
SELECT * FROM  test;
+-+
...
+-+
```

### How was this patch tested?
Manually build and check

Closes #28348 from huaxingao/sql-format.

Authored-by: Huaxin Gao <huaxing@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: gatorsmile <gatorsmile@gmail.com>
2020-05-01 10:11:43 -07:00

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Description

The LIMIT clause is used to constrain the number of rows returned by the SELECT statement. In general, this clause is used in conjunction with ORDER BY to ensure that the results are deterministic.

Syntax

{% highlight sql %} LIMIT { ALL | integer_expression } {% endhighlight %}

Parameters

ALL
If specified, the query returns all the rows. In other words, no limit is applied if this option is specified.
integer_expression
Specifies a foldable expression that returns an integer.

Examples

{% highlight sql %} CREATE TABLE person (name STRING, age INT); INSERT INTO person VALUES ('Zen Hui', 25), ('Anil B', 18), ('Shone S', 16), ('Mike A', 25), ('John A', 18), ('Jack N', 16);

-- Select the first two rows. SELECT name, age FROM person ORDER BY name LIMIT 2; +------+---+ | name|age| +------+---+ |Anil B| 18| |Jack N| 16| +------+---+

-- Specifying ALL option on LIMIT returns all the rows. SELECT name, age FROM person ORDER BY name LIMIT ALL; +-------+---+ | name|age| +-------+---+ | Anil B| 18| | Jack N| 16| | John A| 18| | Mike A| 25| |Shone S| 16| |Zen Hui| 25| +-------+---+

-- A function expression as an input to LIMIT. SELECT name, age FROM person ORDER BY name LIMIT length('SPARK'); +-------+---+ | name|age| +-------+---+ | Anil B| 18| | Jack N| 16| | John A| 18| | Mike A| 25| |Shone S| 16| +-------+---+

-- A non-foldable expression as an input to LIMIT is not allowed. SELECT name, age FROM person ORDER BY name LIMIT length(name); org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: The limit expression must evaluate to a constant value ... {% endhighlight %}